Hi *,
Am 2008-05-31 23:48:43, schrieb Petter Reinholdtsen:
> [Holger Levsen]
> > why redirect to /dev/null? I'd think that overwriting the file on
> > each login would also keep the disk from filling up, while at the
> > same time keeping the information available.
>
> Because some programs can fill the disk during one login, with
> gigabyte of messages, and thus make it impossible to log in again.
> I'm told gimp is one such program. I have not checked gimp myself,
> but know there are programs that are very verbose to stdout and
> stderr.
What about fixing such programs? "xmms" was a candidate
to since it had debug output enabled while building.
> Until all such programs are fixed, the messages need to be thrown away
> to avoid the problem.
And if you redirect to /dev/null, how can you know,
programy are going crazzy?
Thanks, Greetings and nice Day
Michelle Konzack
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24V Electronic Engineer
Tamay Dogan Network
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